Angela Merkel

Germany tells EU to prepare countermeasures against US sanctions

The Duran - 2017-07-31 - Original post - Cached copy

The German government has again weighed in with strong criticism of the latest US sanctions bill.
The latest comments have come from German Economics Minister Brigitte Zypries, who is reported by Reuters to have said the following

We consider this as being against international law, plain and simple.  Of course we don’t want a trade war. But it is important the European Commission now looks into countermeasures.

Vive Le Racisme? Monsieur Macron and Africa’s ‘Civilizational’ Malaise

The BRICS Post - 2017-07-27 - Original post - Cached copy

Now that the dust has settled and global media is no longer focusing on the handshakes of an American president, we look back at the G20 Summit (early July) and find it memorable for a number of reasons:
The riots in Hamburg, German Chancellor Merkel’s viral eye-roll at Russia’s President Putin, Ivanka Trump’s controversial sit-in for her father or perhaps French President Macron’s open, blatant racism.
Let’s look at the latter.

Vive Le Racisme? Monsieur Macron and Africa’s ‘Civilizational’ Malaise

The BRICS Post - 2017-07-27 - Original post - Cached copy

Now that the dust has settled and global media is no longer focusing on the handshakes of an American president, we look back at the G20 Summit (early July) and find it memorable for a number of reasons:
The riots in Hamburg, German Chancellor Merkel’s viral eye-roll at Russia’s President Putin, Ivanka Trump’s controversial sit-in for her father or perhaps French President Macron’s open, blatant racism.
Let’s look at the latter.

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